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Dictionary Search Results using Damerau-Levenshtein distance in T-SQL

Here are the results of your fuzzy-string dictionary search for “custards” with Change Limit: [1] [2] [3]

(Found more than 100 similar words, so Change Limit cannot be increased.)
to automatically search another random word after seconds.

110 similar words found! Changes to Transform each Found Word to your word are shown as:
 remove a letter ~ replace a letter ~ swap two letters ~ _add a letter from your word
(Use the links in the Changes column to see more Transformation details.)

Found WordScrabble ScoreSearched PreviouslyFound PreviouslyChangesTo Transform to your Word
custards1133839(None) 
bustards11308511bustards
costards113510791costards
custard10389971custard_
custardy14314901custardy
mustards11297881mustards
bastards113310312bastards
bustard10389722bustard_
costard104113352costard_
costars94218012costar_s
dastards10278082dastards
mustard10359532mustard_
mustardy14265052mustardy
australs8359533australs
bastard103012423bastard_
bastardy14326003bastardy
busbars1138153busbar_s
busters94724133buster_s
buzzards1943613buzzards
cabstands1453733cabstands
canards10311203c_anards
cards85137933c___ards
cascaras1237703cascaras
casters94729903caster_s
castors94919443castor_s
centares102913893centares
cestas85018543cesta__s
cestoids11308273cestoids
chards125119733c__hards
cisterns10369573cisterns
clusters102912403cluster_s
coastwards1643063coastwards
collards113310193collards
costar85518613costar__
costers94128333coster_s
cottars94412243cottar_s
courtyards1651903courtyards
cowards1339613c_owards
cuatros938273cuat_ros
cuestas957933cuesta__s
cultures10310153cultures
cupboards1643813cupboards
curaras93911953cu_raras
curares94916853cu_rares
curaris94114773cu_raris
curds85725613cu___rds
curtails10318243curtails
curtains10259703curtains
curtals93111623curta_ls
cushats12288273cusha_ts
cushaws15356293cusha_ws
cuspids12427113cus_pids
cussers94213403cusser_s
cusswords1542643cusswords
custodes1136653custodes
custody1334093cust_ody
customs11348263cust_oms
custos84014313cust__os
cuttages11297223cuttages
cutters94218963cutter_s
cystoids14306733cystoids
dastard9279703dastard_
discards1238913discards
dotards937253_dotards
dullards1045493dullards
dusters84918363duster_s
dustrags1044943dustrags
eastwards1344253eastwards
guards84611573gu__ards
guisards1043603guisards
guitars8116863guitar_s
gurnards1043633gurnards
husbands1444763husbands
hussars10326983hussar_s
instars7411133instar_s
justers143815733juster_s
leotards945303leotards
lusters73921443luster_s
lustres73013233lust_res
mustangs11255973mustangs
musters94522513muster_s
ousters74122793ouster_s
outadds936203ou_tadds
outstands1045543outstands
outstares91610183outstares
outstarts9176323outstarts
outwards1299123outwards
petards104311153_petards
postcards1445733postcards
restarts8310873restarts
retards85015003_retards
ritards8439943_ritards
sards64736183__s_ards
shards104319173__shards
stands75118053__stands
stares66038753__stares
stars55836573__star_s
starts65423123__starts
sunwards1236443sunwards
sustains838553sustains
swards105415133__swards
tuataras844863tuataras
tussars7359253tussar_s
unitards945623unitards
upstands1144093upstands
upstares10178583upstares
upstarts10165273upstarts
upwards13135963_upwards
visards11328153vis_ards
westwards1643393westwards

Search took 7 seconds overall (including website activity, plus SQL activity in the following phases):

  1. Length Filter: Limit the application of DLD to words with length difference of no more than the Change Limit.
  2. DLD Change Limit: Apply DLD to each remaining word, limiting each comparison according to the Change Limit.
  3. Display Results: Return the results, with similar words marked up to highlight differences.
SeqSearch PhaseWords CheckedWords MatchedSecondsWords Per Sec
1Length Filter1786911461620.423422437.4
2DLD Change Limit1461621106.50022486.5
3Display Results1101100.0462391.3
 (SQL Overall)1786911106.96925640.8
 
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